Combating Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction

The following is a brief outline of my suggested “Task Force” alternative:The members of the Task Force would consist of the following:1. An Executive Board consisting of the President, the Vice President, and an ExecutiveDirector, appointed by the President, who would devote exclusive full-time duties to theposition and oversee all activities of the federal government in this area. The ExecutiveDirector would report directly to the President and Vice President.2. The following “Principals” who would report directly to the Executive Director on allmatters affecting this nation’s defenses against weapons of mass destruction.a. The National Security Advisorb. The Secretary of Defensec. The Secretary of Stated. The Secretary of Energye. The Attorney Generalf. The Director of the Office of Management and Budgetg. The Director of Central IntelligenceThe seven “Principals” would be involved, under the guidance of the Director, to carry outthe mission. These “Principals” could appoint a high-level person in their departments towork directly in their stead with the Director on a daily basis, but official positions of theindividual “Principals” would be formally presented to the National Director by thePrincipals.The Director would be required to hold at least monthly meetings with the Executive Boardand formalized meetings for planning, discussion and decision making at least every sixmonths with the full Task Force. These meetings of the entire Task Force would be chairedby the President or the Vice President and require the attendance of the “Principals” and/or their designees.The Director would be authorized to employ not more than fifty employees (FTEs) to carryout the duties of this office, but could accept additional temporary personnel from othergovernmental agencies.171